Suffocation due to Acute Airway Edema in a Patient with Hereditary Angioedema Highlighted the Need for Urgent Improvements in Treatment Availability in Japan

A 42-year-old Japanese man with hereditary angioedema suffered accidental trauma to his jaw in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, which gradually caused facial edema. Since plasma-derived human C1 inhibitor (pdh C1-INH) was unavailable, he had to be transferred to Juntendo University Hospital in Tokyo. Due...

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Autores principales: Honda, Daisuke, Ohsawa, Isao, Shimizu, Yuki, Maiguma, Masayuki, Hidaka, Teruo, Suzuki, Hitoshi, Io, Hiroaki, Mano, Satoshi, Takahara, Hisatsugu, Rinno, Hisaki, Tomino, Yasuhiko, Suzuki, Yusuke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6262712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29709957
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9262-17

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6262712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29709957
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9262-17

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